Two sides of the same coin and two routes for improvement: Integrating resilience and the social identity approach to well-being and ill-health

We propose that resilience effectively helps people cope with stress, thus predominantly reducing the negative. However, we argue that individuals’ social identification has the potential to contribute to their well-being, thus fostering the positive. A two-wave survey study of 180 students shows th...

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Main Authors: Rolf Van Dick, Charlene Ketturat, Jan Alexander Häusser, Andreas Mojzisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:Health Psychology Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102917719564